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1. CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK JULY 2011
July 1&2: b. Thaksin Jiaozu
1. New Chief Vigilance Commissioner of c. Wine Jaebo
India is? d. Djokovic Murray
a. Madan Kumar
b. Pradeep Kumar 2. 2011 Wimbledon Tennis Men's singles
c. Manoj Joshi winner is...
d. Chaturanan Narang a. Novak Djokovic
b. Jurgen Melzerand
2. A veteran leader Chaturanan Mishra c. Rafal Nadal
passed away on July 2. He was associated d. Andre Agassi
with?
a. Communist 3. Sree Padmanabhaswami temple, where
b. Congress huge treasure unearthed from the historical
c. BJP temple is in
d. BSP a. Kerala
b. Karnataka
3. What was the name of ship which was c. Tamil Nadu
stranded at Juhu beach for several days, d. Assam
Mumbai, and now re-floated safely to
Gujarat? 4. On black money issue SC has appointed
a. MV Wisdom Special Investigation Team that would be
b. ST Panks headed...
c. Lumba a. Justice B P Jeevan Reddy
d. Water Babay b. Justice S.K. Nair
c. Justice M.N. Kumar
4. The World Bank will provide a loan d. Justice Y.B. Chaudhary
assistance of $648 million for the
construction of the Vishnugad Pipalkoti 5. What is the length of world's longest
Hydroelectric Plant on river cross-sea bridge, across the mouth of the
a. Ganga Jiaozhou Bay in China's eastern Shandong
b. Alaknanda province?
c. Yamuna a. 36.48 kilometers
d. Bhagrithi b. 64 kilometers
c. 30.28 kilometers
5. 201 1 Wimbledon Women’s' Singles d. 26.25 kilometers
winner is
a. Maria Sharapova Ans : 1.a 2. a 3.a 4.a 5.a
b. Petra Kvitov a
c. Serena Willams July 5:
d. Sania Mirza 1. Stereo Digital Aerial Photography, which
has been launched in India, will help in
Ans: 1 .b 2.a 3.a 4.b 5.b a. Coastal Hazard Line Mapping
b. protecting forest cover
July 3&4: c. marine life
1. Thailand's first woman Prime Minister is... d. traffic management during
a. Yingluck Shinawatra
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2. Which state government has launched the d. Amsterdam
facility of e-registration for contractors to
bid for construction projects of the state 5. 2011 Special Olympics World Summer
government. Games held at
a. Madhya Pradesh a. Athens
b. UP b. Perth
c. Assam c. Wellington
d. Delhi d. Canberra
3. which state ales Tax Department recently Ans: 1 .b 2. b 3.b 4.b 5.a
conducted raids on 37 companies in its
capital and unearthed Hawala transaction July 7 & 8:
worth 6,500 crore rupees? 1 . Asian Development Bank will provide a
a. UP $400-million loan to which Indian state for
b. Punjab promoting rural development and creation
c. Karnataka of business and employment opportunities?
d. Maharashtra a. UP
b. Madhya Pradesh
Ans: 1 .a 2. a 3.d c. Punjab
d. Sikkim
July 6:
1 . Supreme Court has allowed cement maker 2. UN report on Millennium Development
Lafarge to mine in Meghalaya. Lafarge is Goals (MDG) say s that India's poverty rate is
from projected to fall to 22 per cent by ...
a. USA a. 2015
b. France b. 2020
c. UK c. 2016
d. Australia d. 2024
e. 2018
2. India's first floating library launched in
a. Mana 3. Space shuttle Atlantis took its final flight
b. Sunderbans into space on July 8, 2011. It is Atlantis'
c. A ndaman Islands __flight.
d. Lakshdeep a. 100th
b. 120th
3. 'Kisan Sandesh Padyatra' is associated c. 135th
with d. 75th
a. Mayawati
b. Rahul Gandhi 4. As per government claims India's ex ports
c. Sonia Gandhi will double to $400 billion by the y ear...
d. J.N Nehru a. 201 4
b. 2020
4. 201 2 Olympics will held in... c. 201 2
a. Sydney d. 201 5
b. London
c. Frankfurt
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5. 1 9th Asian Championships held at 5. What is the name of British 1 68-y ear-old
a. Kobe tabloid that has closed in the wake of phone-
b. Kiev hacking allegations?
c. Jamshedpur a. A round the world
d. Dhaka b. News of the World
c. Morning News
6. During third phase expansion of private d. London Herald
FM Radio network in the country ; how many
new cities will get FM Radio service? 6. Which state has launched caravan services
a. 227 in order to promote tourism?
b. 75 a. MP
c. 78 c. TN
d. 173 c. HP
d. Uttarakhand
Ans: 1 .b 2. a 3.c 4.a 5.a, 6 a
Ans: 1 .a 2. a 3.b 4.a 5.b, 6 a
July 9 & 10:
1 . On July 1 0, 201 1 , which of the following July 11:
train recently derailed and claimed 50 1 . World Population Day is observed on...
people lives? a. July 10
a. Howrah Kalka Ex press b. July 11
b. Howrah Delhi Ex press c. July 9
c. Doon Shatabhdi d. June 30
d. Kolkata Rajdhani
2. The US has suspended how much military
2. What is the capital of newly formed aid to Pakistan?
country South Sudan? a. $800 million
a. Juba b. $7 00 million
b. Malakal c. $600 million
c. Riek d. $500 million
d. Nabre
3. Qantas Airlines has decided to cut
3. Indian govt. is committed to provide clean international services. This Airlines is from?
electricity to common man by the y ear? a. USA
a. 2020 b. Australia
b. 201 2 c. Netherlands
c. 201 4 d. Japan
d. 201 3
4. India has sought help from__-for resolving
4. NADA stands for... trade obstacles for Indian agri ex ports to 27
a. National Anti Doping Agency European Union countries?
b. National Anti-dumping Agency a. England
c. National Army Dev eloping Agency b. Poland
d. National Anti Dollar Association c. Iceland
d. Germany
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Ans: 1 .b 2. a 3.b 4.b d. Arjun
July 12: 3. India has imposed anti-dumping duty on
CABINET MINISTERS : imports of a chemical used in industrial
Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo : Tribal Affairs cleaning processes and ceramics
and Panchayati Raj. manufacture to protect domestic players
Shri Beni Prasad Verma : Steel. from cheap Chinese shipments. The name of
Shri Dinesh Trivedi : Railways. this chemical is...
Shri Jairam Ramesh : Rural Development. a. Sodium Tripoly Phosphate
MINIST ERS OF ST AT E (INDEPENDENT b. Calcuim Tripoly Phosphate
CHARGE): c. Baking Soda
Shri Srikant Jena: Statistics and Programme d. Sodium Tripoly Sulphar
Implementation and Minister of State in the
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. 4. What is the name of The first ultra long-
Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan: Environment and haul passenger jet with a capacity to fly
Forests. about 250 passengers up to 1 6,000 km non-
Shri Paban Singh Ghatowar: Development of stop touched down at the Indhira Gandhi
North Eastern Region. International airport in Delhi on July 13?
Shri Gurudas Kamat: Drinking Water and a. Boeing 787
Sanitation. b. Boeing 707
MINIST ERS OF STATE: c. Jet 711
Shri Sudip Bandopadhyaya : Health and d. Air Bus 707
Family Welfare.
Shri Charan Das Mahant : Agriculture and 5. France has decided to withdraw its 1 000
Food Processing Industries. troops from Afghanistan by the end of...
Shri Jitendra Singh : Home Affairs. a. 2013
Shri Milind Deora: Communications and b. 2012
Information Technology. c. 2015
Shri Rajiv Shukla : Parliamentary Affairs. d. 2014
July 13: Ans: 1 . c, 2. a, 3. a,4. a, 5. b
1 . Who is heading the committee set up to
suggest way s and means for reforms in the July 14:
power sector? 1. India is all set to sign Aviation Safety
a. S.K. Das Agreement in July 201 1 with
b. B.N Sridhar a. USA
c. V .K. Shunglu b. China
d. Jyotia Gupta C. Germany
d. Italy
2. The Indian Navy has commissioned
indigenously built Fast Attack Craft (FAC) to 2. How many states will be honoured states,
keep an eye on illegal activities in the including Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, for
Andaman seas? its name is achieving high food grain production in 201
a. Koswari 0-1 1 fiscal?
b. Godavari a. 6 b. 5
c. Ganga c. 11 d. 4
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3. Which Naval ship has been b. 1000: 927
decommissioned on July 1 4 201 1 by Indian c. 1000: 916
Navy d. 1000: 925
a. INS Sharabh
b. INS Virat 5. Common Service Centre Common Service
c. INS Bheem Centre is observed on...
d. INS Vikrant a. July 15
b. July 16
4. Women's football World Cup final 201 1 c. July 14
was played between: d. July 13
a. Japan and the United States
b. Germany and the United States 6. Gov. of India has raised ex port price of
c. Japan and Netherlands onion by ___on July 15 2011
d. New Zealand and Australia a. $30
b. $40
A ns: 1 . a, 2. b, 3. a 4. a c. $50
d. $45
July 15:
1. The Lokon volcano which erupted on July A ns: 1 . c 2. b 3. a 4. a 5. b 6. a
1 5, 2011 is in...
a. Brazil July 16, 17, 18, 19:
b. Chile 1. The Lokon volcano which erupted on July
c. Indonesia 15, 2011 is in...
d. Uganda a. Brazil
b. Chile
2. When Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV c. Indonesia
C-17 successfully placed India’s latest d. Uganda
communication satellite GSA T-12 in its e. India
orbit, then it was PSLV flight no...
a. 21 2. The winner of 2011 Women Football is...
b. 18 a. USA
c. 20 b. Japan
d. 16 c. India
d. South Korea
3. The government has approved creation of e. Brazil
additional storage capacity of about 152 lakh
tone food grains. These storage will be 3. How many Indians have found place in ICC
formed in how many states dream team for Test Cricket?
a. 19 a. 3
b. 12 b. 4
c. 25 c. 5
d. 9 d. 2
e. none of these
4. In census 2011 child sex ratio in rural
areas is
a. 1000: 914
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4. Who is Ruper Murdoch? 3. In July President Pratibha Devisingh Patil
a. Business tycoon visited which of the following countries?
b. Media tycoon a. South Korea and Mongolia
c. New Foreign secretary of state b. South Korea and China
d. Rebel leader in Libya c. Japan and Mongolia
e. none of these d. Malaysia and North Korea
e. Vietnam and South Korea
5. which country has decided to conduct
elephants census after almost a century ? 4. Delhi gov. has decided to improve green
a. Singapore cover in national capital by
b. Thailand a.33% b. 23% c. 27 % d. 18% e. 24%
c. South Africa
d. Sri Lanka 5. Amy Winehouse, who was found dead at
e. Zimbabwe her flat in London on July 23rd was a...
a. Writer b. Poet c. Dancer
6. In which state Uranium Corporation of d. Player e. Singer
India has found huge deposits Uranium?
a. TN 6. Recently at least 84 people died when the
b. Assam gunman opened fire at the youth camp
c. Andhra Pradesh organised by the ruling Labour Party on
d. Kerela Utoeya island. This island is in...
e. none of these a. Norway b. China c. Germany
d. Austria e. Japan
7. Signing of the tripartite agreement for the
creation of Gorkhaland Territorial 7. Gagan Narang, who has been selected for
Administration held at Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, is related with...
a. Kolkata a. Wrestling b. archery c. shooting
b. Darjeeling d. short put e. 400 relay race
c. Siliguri
d. Hoogly 8. The Centre has fix ed a target of___ dollars
e. none of these for investment in the North-East within next
five y ears.
Ans: 1. c, 2. b, 3. b, 4. b, 5. d, 6. c, 7. b a. 1 trillion b. 10 billion
c. 20 billion d. 5 trillion
July 20-23: e. none of these
1. The Committee of Secretaries has Ans: 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. a 5. e 6. a 7 . c 8. A
recommended how much per cent FDI in the
multi-brand retail? July 24:
a. 71 b. 51 c. 61 d. 44 e. 50 1 . India’s coal stocks touched all time high
at..
2. On July 22 India opened its first Border a. 70 million tonnes
Haat with b. 170 million tonnes
a. Sri Lanka b. Pakistan c. 90 million tonnes
c. Bangladesh d. Nepal e. Bhutan d. 100 million tonnes
e. none of these
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2. The government aims to set up how many a. Philippines b. Finland
new mega food parks across the country in c. Japan d. Thailand
the 12th Plan? e. none of these
a. 100 b. 50 c. 75 d. 60 e. none of these
6. New President of Vietnam is
3. Indian Railway s is planning anti-collision a. Truong Tan Sang
devices in trains for better safety. This will b. Nguyen Tan Dung
cost railway s nearly c. Tan ding
a. 70,000-crore rupee d. WiChe Fang
b. 50,000-crore rupee e. none of these
c. 100,000-crore rupee answers: 1 . b 2. b 3. a 4. d 5. a 6. a
d. 25,000-crore rupee
e. none of these July 27-28:
answers: 1. To which country India will give $20
1 . a 2. B 3. a million Line of Credit for setting up a Joint
Information Technology, Education and
July 24-25: Outsourcing Center?
1. Hina Rabbani Khar, who recently visited a. Mongolia b. Vietnam
India, is the first woman Foreign Minister c. Cambodia d. Holland
of... e. none of these
a. Bangladesh
b. Pakistan 2. World Hepatitis Day was observed on
c. Afghanistan a. July 28 b. July 27 c. July 29
d. UAE d. July 25 e. none of these
e. none of these
3. New Solicitor General of India is?
2. with which country India, recently signed a. Rohinton Fali Nariman
double taxation avoidance agreement with b. C.K.Daphtary
first Baltic country ? c. H.N.Sanyal
a. Latvia d. Mohan Parasaran
b. Lithuania e. none of these
c. Sweden
d. Estonia 4. Prasar Bharati is conducting e-auction for
e. none of these available slots on DTH platform. The exercise
would fetch...
3. 5th India steel Summit held at a. 70 crore rupees b. 50 crore rupees
a. Delhi b. Indore c. 46 crore rupees d. 30 crore rupees
c. Bhopal d. Bokaro e. none of these e. none of these
4. which state constituted a state level 5. New Principal Secretary to the Prime
Security Committee to ensure security in six Minister of India would be from Oct.3 2011
districts during Kanwar Yatra 2011 ? onward
a. Delhi b. Uttarakhand c. UP a. Jay ant Bhatt b. Puluck Chatterjee
d. Haryana e. none of these c. S.K. Khanna d. Viveksuri
e. none of these
5. Nock-ten a tropical recently hit?
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6. The author of "Ross Masaud" is... c. Sanhai and Vinmar
a. Hakim Syed Zillur Rehman d. Essar Projects Ltd
b. Syed Ahmed Khan Jr. Answer: (d)
c. Hamid Ansari
d. Jubin Mehta 5. Name the public sector lender that
e. none of these selected Metlife as its partner for a proposed
foray into the life insurance segment.
Answers: 1 . a 2. a 3. a 4. c 5. b 6. a a. Syndicate Bank
b. Punjab National Bank
July 29: c. Corporation Bank
1. General Motors India launched the diesel d. United Bank of India
version of which car with a starting price of
Rs 4.29 lakh on 25 July 2011? Answer: (b)
a. Spark
b. Chevrolet Beat July 30-31
c. Chevrolet Optra 1. British singer and song writer Amy
d. Chevrolet Cruze Winehouse whose self-destructive habits
Answer: (b) overshadowed a distinctive musical talent
was found dead on 23 July 2011 in London.
2. Name the leading education company For which of her albums did she win 5
which launched the master resource centre Grammy awards?
(MRC) in Chennai on 25 July 2011. a. Back to Black
a. Everonn b. Stronger Than Me
b. Educomp Solutions c. Rehab
c. Piron Education d. Love Is a Losing Game
d. Curion Education Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)
2. Name the Former Indian Prime Minister
3. Which telecom unit in a circular issued on who was honoured with the highest
24 July 2011, announced its decision to Bangladesh award — the Bangladesh
combine two divisions offering services Swadhinata Sammanona (Bangladesh
based on CDMA and GSM, two rival Freedom Honour ) on 25 July 2011?
technologies? a. P. V Narasimha Rao
a. Tata Teleservices b. Indira Gandhi
b. Bharti Airtel c. Rajiv Gandhi
c. MTNL d. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
d. Idea Cellular Answer: (b)
Answer: (a)
3. Which of the following days is celebrated
4. Which company announced on 27 July as the Foundation Day of Ministry of Earth
2011 that secured an engineering, Sciences (MoES) was formed in 2006?
procurement and construction (EPC) a. 25 July
contract worth $320 million from Jurong b. 26 July
Aromatics Corp c. 27 July
a. Glencore d. 31 July
b. SK Engineering Answer: (c)
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4. Which day was celebrated as first official judiciary and only a serving or retired Chief
World Health Organization-supported World Justice of India or a Judge of the Supreme
Hepatitis Day in July? Court would be eligible for being appointed
a. 20 July as Chairperson.
b. 25 July Which of the above statements is/are
c. 27 July correct?
d. 28 July a) Both i and ii are correct.
Answer: (d) b) Only i is correct.
c) Only ii is correct.
5. Which one of the following nations d) Neither i nor ii is correct.
Germany thus became the first European Answer: (a) Both i and ii are correct.
nation since 1995 to allow its citizens to visit
Kashmir after it revised an advisory that had 3. The Union Cabinet Approved National
cautioned against trips to Kashmir? Social Security Fund for Un-organised
a) Germany Sectors. The fund is likely to benefit __crore
b) France workers in the unorganized sector.
c) UK a) 43.3
d) Spain b) 35.6
Answer: (a) Germany c) 34
d) 20.5
6. Which one of the following became the Answer: (a) 43.3
first Baltic nation to Sign a double taxation
avoidance agreement with India? 4. The President of India, Pratibha Devisingh
a) Lithuania Patil on 21 July 2011 released a
b) Spain commemorative postage stamp on Vitthal
c) Estonia Sakharam Page. Which of the following facts
d) Poland related to Page are not true?
Answer: (a) Lithuania 1. His integrated Area Development
Scheme for the integrated development of
1. The Annual Plan Outlay for Kerala for the village areas and the amelioration of small
Year 2011-12 Finalised at __ Crores. land holders, traditional artisans and
a) 12010 crores agricultural labourers.
b) 13010 crores 2. His persuasion to the Maharashtra
c) 11110 crores Government to implement Employment
d) 14010 crores Guarantee Scheme on a pilot basis finally led
Answer: (a) 12010 crores to enactment of Employment Guarantee Act
in the Maharashtra in 1970.
2. The Union Cabinet of India on 28 July 3. As Chairman of the Maharashtra Cottage
2011 approved the proposal for the Industries Board, he implemented the
enactment of a new legislation in the form of Employment Guarantee Scheme for
the Lokpal Bill, 2011. Consider the following rejuvenating the age-old traditional village
statements regarding Lok Pal bill. industries.
i) The Lokpal will consist of a Chairperson 4. He was elected to the Bombay Legislative
and 8 members. Half of the members shall Council successively in 1952 and 1954 and
be judicial members. to the Maharashtra Legislative Council in
ii) The Chairperson would be from the 1960, 1966 and 1972.
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a. Only 1 provide rotating interest- free loans to
b. Only 3 farmers.
c. 1 & 3 a. 2 & 4
d. Only 4 b. Only 1
Answer: (c) c. Only 4
d. 1 & 3
5. Who did the Union government appoint Answer: (c)
on 23 July 2011 as the Solicitor-General, the
second senior most law officer of India?
a. Fali S Nariman
b. Rohinton Nariman
c. Gopal Subramanium
d. Harish Salve
Answer: (b)
6. According to World Health Organization-
sponsored study on Major Depressive
Episode (MDE) published in the BMC
Medicine journal what percentage of Indians
suffer from what is called Major Depressive
Episode (MDE)?
a. 36%
b. 27%
c. 13%
d. 42%
Answer: (a)
7. Two Indians -Nileema Mishra and Harish
Hande were chosen Ramon Magsaysay
Award for 2011.Which of the facts regarding
them are false?
1. Harish Hande established the company
SELCO India in Bangalore in 1995. His
company provides affordable renewable
energy services to poor villagers along with
doorstep financing and services.
2. Harish Hande runs a solar electricity firm
that has lit up over 125000 households to
emerge as India's leading solar technology
firm.
3. Nileema Mishra was recognized for her
purpose-driven zeal to work tirelessly with
villagers.
4. She founded the Farmer’s Association in
Bahadarpur village of Madhya Pradesh
which has a population of around 10000 to
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